ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 198
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
850 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
WESTERN GEORGIA
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF MOBILE ALABAMA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 190. WATCH NUMBER 190 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 850 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 192...WW 193...WW
194...WW 195...WW 196...WW 197...

DISCUSSION...LARGE CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO
TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN AL. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY
PROGRESS TO THE COAST DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. OTHER ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL AL
INTO SOUTHEAST MS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH ALL OF
THESE STORMS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27030.

...HART

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